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People who come to the USA from India rarely have difficulty in communicating with Americans, because most speak fluent English or have received their education in English. However, Indians speak British English, and there are many differences between British English and American English.
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Grammar. Pronunciation. In less than 200 years since its formal introduction as part of a nascent and westernized education system, English has grown to be the medium through which the people of India communicate with the world, and often with one another. In large parts of a country with several major languages, it vies with Hindi—the most ...
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The accent in which English is spoken in India varies hugely from British as well as American English. In fact, English accent differs all over India. This is basically because India has different regional languages and every regional language has its impact on how English is pronounced by the speaker.
American Indian English shows enormous heterogeneity in terms of grammatical structures. As a whole, it characteristically uses plural and possessive markers less than standard English (for example, one of the dogs is here). Navajo, Northern Ute, and many other varieties of Indian English may simply never use plural markers for nouns.
Introduction. In less than 200 years since its formal introduction as part of a nascent and westernized education system, English has grown to be the medium through which the people of India communicate with the world, and often with one another. In large parts of a country with several major languages, it vies with Hindi—the most commonly ...
English language. Indian English ( IE) is a group of English dialects spoken in the Republic of India and among the Indian diaspora. [4] English is used by the Indian government for communication, along with Modern Standard Hindi, as enshrined in the Constitution of India. [5]
Each Indian English word has been recorded by a speaker of Indian English in our Oxford studio. Offering audio alongside pronunciation transcriptions allows OED users to hear the pronunciations as well as read them.
